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VALTER K. PEEK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,909, dated August 6, 1901.

Application led February 16, 1901l Serial No. 47,654. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that LWALTER K. PEEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full', clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to certain new and useful improvements in display-boxes such as are used to contain packages of goods on exhibition on the counter or shelf, and has for its object to provide a device ofthis description in which the packages of goods are so placed that they cannot readily be removed surreptitiously.

A further object of my invention is to provide a receptacle in which packages of the goods are contained for shipment and from which such packages may be readily removed for the purposes of display.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure l is a front elevation of a display-box constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a plan view with the cover removed, and Fig. LL a rear elevation with the easel folded down.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

My box is preferably made from pasteboard, and in the front there are pockets l, formed by partitions 2 and the front corner-pieces 3, which latter are practically partitions also.

, Extending laterally from the outer edges of these partitions are flanges 4L, and small flanges 5 extend from the outer edges ofthe corner-pieces. Small pockets 6 may be formed in the sides of the box by means of the projecting front corner-pieces 3 and rear cornerpieces 7, said corner-pieces being provided with flanges S, which project from their outer edges toward each other. All these pockets are open at the top of the box, as seen at Fig. 3, and I provide a cover 9 for the top of the box, which cover closes the tops of the pockets and may, if desired, be secured at the rear by means of an ordinary hook l0, pivoted to the box and engaging with a pin 11, projecting from the cover.

l2 is an easel, which is hinged to the top of the box near the front and 'is provided with a laterally-folding brace 13, which latter when extended serves to support the easel in elevated position, and when said brace is folded laterally against the back of the easel the latter may be folded flat down against the top of the box, so as not to interfere with ready shipment.

Within the body of the box is a receptacle 14, within which the packages of goods are packed for shipment, s'o that it will be clear that my improvementpossesses more utility than a mere display-stand.

The packages a are introduced within the pockets at the top thereof and slide down and rest one upon the other, and no package can be removed from the display portion of the box without rst taking oif the cover. Moreover, as fastas the packages are withdrawn from the pockets fresh packages may be supplied from the receptacle 14.

My improvement stands vertically upon a shelf or counter and does not tilt and is therefore not so much exposed to the dust, as is the case with the display-stands at present used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is^

l. A display-box having a main body portion open at the top and having a series of pockets arranged on the outer face of one side and its ends, T'shaped partitions interposed between pockets on the same side of the box, corner-pieces arranged along the corner of the box and having flanges extending each way therefrom, the said T-shaped partitions and corner-flanges extending-from top to bottom of the pockets, the said pockets being open at the top and a cover which ts down over the top of the main body portion of the box and also extends beyond the same and ts over the pockets and thereby covers all the receptacles formed on the outside of the box, whereby an article may be displayed in the pockets but cannot be removed therefrom without removing the cover of the box, substantially as described.

2. A display-box formed with a central compartment having a plain back and a series of open-front pockets arranged along the front and both ends of the box, T-shaped partitions between the pockets on the front of the box, corner-partitions having anges extending each Way between the side .pockets and the corner-pockets, the said pockets being open at the top, a cover for closing the central compartment of the box and extending beyoud the same on three sides to cover all the said pockets, a display-easel arranged upon the said top and a catch for holding the box-` cover in position, the structure being-such l that the materials to be displayed may be placed in the open-front pockets and prevented from removal by means of the cover of the box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER K. PEEK.

Witnesses:

E. L. PRATT, MARTIN T. OBRIEN. 

